New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-25
OVERTHROWN BY FACTIONS
rpE MEANING OF N. CREWS IGNOMlNlooS
SURRENDER
srccrss OF THE ROYAL1sT PARTY IN piooHe". iA'"
80 vnvxcu REpUBI1c-THE PRESIDENTS
srccEssoR A HARD MAN TO FIND.
TBY CABLE TO THE ThIBUNE-l
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SUCCESSOR A HARD MAN ~ 1iND'
Try CABLE TO THE rnIBUSEl
Conyr,olf, 1887: BY The Ne'o York Irtoua@
Ioxnox Nov. PAN Grevy is driven from
The Presidency by the inscnsate coaii'iol VI ""
.,rc factions In the Chamber Of Deputies eaoh
.l.S oo,ons in the press to head its cry Ills
r.,a,;onshin with NJ Wilson is put
nro+ovt and n pretext so aimsy that IN
,a,re at tie paais Royal 1t would
=. soor,od os too improbabe for real hie "ell'
NJ Clomenceau shrink as he does from the
.a.',.r,,oroes of his unforeseen triumph. lie is
o - ,be three or four shrewdest politicians IN
S',oroo but he has been made the tool OF men
far loss able and honest than himself. 1t is the
povo,ist cause which this Radical has teen made
On serve There are but two parties In France
who can profit by the present crisis, the party of
disorder and the party OF reacuon
The chances of the Anarchists are not
great. General Boulanger might put himself at the
head Of the legions Of Belleville were he strong
man instead Of the circus rider he really is
Wanting leader the mob of Paris is not likely
10 stir. But the Royalsts gain something which
ever turn affairs take. They have discredited,
in fact throughout Europe form of government
tl,cy detest. Nowhere in Europe, England excepted.
Is there much sympathy with the French Republic
or faith in republcanism. The events of the last
few weeks have shaken in France and out of it
belief in the stability of the Republic the honesty
of republican officials and the capacity OF French
men for self-government That is what the Royal
lists aimed at
M.Greyy is blamed in the English press for holding
on The fever of French fanaticism is infectious
and even English journalists have caught it, You
may hear in certain papers this side of the
Channel an echo of what 1.-The Times" well calls
the howl Of vindictive rage that has
pursued NJ Grevy in Paris. 1t clear that he
would be driven TO resign by the successive re-
fusas of leading republicans OF all sections to
form Ministry. but he has done we'll not to re-
nounce office till driven from 1t. He had duty to
do: he has done it and leaves to others the re-
spOnsibiliy for what may follow.
Everything ia now put into the caldron. Tho
Congress which meets to elect NJ. Grevy's success
sor may abolish the Presidency itself abolish the
Senate or summon the Comte de Paris to the
throne. The fact that IT is not likely to do any of
these things does not excuse those who have made
them all possible. If it confines it
self 10 electing President can
d ate has a majority without coalition.
Coalition III the present state Of French parties
means bargaIn Not a single name commands the
general confidence. NJ Ferry has the odum OF
Tonquin on him and Is hated alike by Radicals and
RoyallSts. ii. dc Freycinet Is popular and dis
trusted. NJ. Fioquets election would alienate
Russia NJ. Sadi-Carnot is respectable
mediocrity. General Sausser is the can
dldate Of A. Bowitz. NJ, Lcroyer Is
recommended by age and illness. The Roy alists.
who may hold the balance of power. have but one
programme-secu the election of the least efficient
gaard.a an of the interests of the republic.
W. ;.